With millions of South Africans unemployed — particularly young people — employers wield enormous power. The message is clear: “If you don’t accept these conditions, there are…
When workers are divided by political loyalty to competing parties, they cannot effectively unite against employers during wage negotiations
Government’s proposed labour reforms could finally extend employee protections to South Africa’s creative workforce but unions warn the real work starts now
South African laws protect victims, rendering many such clauses unenforceable, underlining that employers must ensure safe workplaces, not hide misconduct
Without a clear definition in law, the concept of ‘special leave’ can be misconstrued and used as a way to suspend employees
The CCMA uses dialogue based on conciliation and mediation to transform labour relations
The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political…
A labour appeals court order reinstated the employees to their posts after they were outsourced to WNS eight years ago
Minister Thulas Nxesi has raised the earnings threshold for employees receiving certain protections under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act
Some blame labour protections and unions for South Africa’s economic malaise. But this claim lacks evidence and stands to leave us in an even worse position This content is…
While it is stressful to lose your job, it can open new doors for you
Lawyers at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr say Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders can work in the country until the end of December as they appeal unsuccessful application outcomes
Replacement labour, which stands to prolong industrial action and lockouts, undermines the right to strike
Companies are also grappling with a decline in commodity prices and weaker global demand
Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has said that a way to help solve the unemployment crisis is to give small businesses breathing room
About a million women are employed to work in private homes, enabling the economy to function and their employers to work and return to clean homes and cared for children
The power utility will keep the peace with organised labour, André de Ruyter has assured
Ferrero factory workers have won the first battle in what might become one of South Africa’s next wars on casual and precarious work
A judgment from the apex court empowers employers to change their workers’ contracts — without consultation
Some believed a 2018 Constitutional Court ruling would spell the end of labour broking. It didn’t
